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Three weeks after my successful PhD defense and I’m having to seriously consider leaving my dream of being academia and science. You not getting that grant as a tenured prof does not mean you understand what I’m going through.

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If you have a federal grant, I highly recommend going to this Friday's webinar on responding to grant terminations. Lisa Brown, former general counsel at Dept of Ed, will present along with other lawyers. Friday, March 21, 2-3 pm. More info & register here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/regist...

submitted 64 days ago • 6 comments

A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.” Absurd we still need to go through this 🧪👩‍🔬

submitted 76 days ago • 125 comments

One thing I'm fucken sick of hearing is that people on the poverty line "don't want handouts." Well, the rich take hand outs. Maybe they're rich bc they were offered handouts. Maybe they're rich bc they take them. This "shame in receiving free money" for the poor but not the rich makes me SO MAD

submitted 76 days ago • 405 comments

ICYMI, my analysis of how the Trump administration will contribute to the extinction of beloved endangered marine and coastal animals.

submitted 77 days ago • 2 comments

Cancer research is going to disappear in the US because apparently no one in US leadership ever took a biology class. “DOGE found $8 million grant to make mice transgender. This is real.” - Donald Trump, talking about transgenic mice to the world www.irishstar.com/news/us-news...

submitted 77 days ago • 19 comments

Doing an active shooter training module for my yearly university training, feeling like a red blooded American 🇺🇸🦅

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Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them

submitted 86 days ago • 833 comments

I’m defending my dissertation in less than two months and have few prospects for postdocs or other jobs because of the current funding situation. I’m not sure people outside of our field have any idea what a disaster this is.

submitted 85 days ago • 0 comments

“The very fact that I am having to publish this anonymously in a country that has the right to free speech written into our Constitution is an indictment of what is happening” www.bmj.com/content/388/...

submitted 89 days ago • 0 comments

I just called my reps with @5calls.org, you should too: 5calls.org

submitted 90 days ago • 0 comments

I maxed out my credit card, emptied my savings account, and took out a loan to move from Alabama to Bethesda, MD. I don’t even qualify for unemployment since I’ve only worked at NIH for a month. I will be financially and medically devastated. Seeking suggestions for anywhere that’s hiring!!

submitted 95 days ago • 688 comments

Penn State has halted submission and acceptance of NIH grants pending the resolution of the overhead rate cut. This lost time will never be recovered. The economic cost to Pennsylvania is enormous and the cost to humanity immeasurable.

submitted 99 days ago • 29 comments

The almost explicit position of these groups is that anything more than a token number of black and Hispanic students in an elite institution is de facto evidence of anti-white racial discrimination.

submitted 104 days ago • 142 comments

I sure hope my postdoc dreams aren't thwarted by this federal funding freeze and review 🙃 My heart goes out to those that are going to be even more severely affected by this--people that rely on healthcare research & supply, educational programs, disaster relief, etc. Call your reps.

submitted 112 days ago • 0 comments

When I was a young man there were whispered rumors among the elders that they could remember their own elders talking about a time when getting grants had been a means for doing science, rather than vice versa.

submitted 128 days ago • 15 comments

Disappointing new study showing - once again - that women are leaving research careers at far higher levels than men If you're interested to read about strategies to reverse these types of curves, check out our recent #Cell perspective- link below ⤵️ #WomeninSTEM 👩‍🔬👩🏾‍🔬🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

submitted 130 days ago • 12 comments

The insanity of being a fire ecologist in the epicenter of a major fire event, bags packed and ready to evacuate, watching active fire from my window, while taking media requests and explaining to the public, for the 100,000th time how climate change is largely responsible for this

submitted 132 days ago • 610 comments

If you're in an evacuation zone in SoCal, please check in with any disabled/aging neighbors you have to see if they need help evacuating.

submitted 133 days ago • 34 comments

I’ll be using this instead of soulless AI generated images in my presentations (but that’s just me)

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I’m on the hunt for post docs during #SICB2025! I’d love the opportunity to bring my own expertise to and learn new skills from a lab doing research on #behavior (with a sprinkle of physiology perhaps!). Let me know if you or someone you know is looking to fill a position!

submitted 134 days ago • 0 comments

@alliemartin.bsky.social Gives an excellent talk on the balance male and female Anolis lizards have to maintain between staying warm, escaping predators, and capturing mating opportunities! #SICB2025

submitted 136 days ago • 1 comment

So excited to be at #SICB2025! Come by International Salon 7 Sunday at 9:45 am if you’re interested in seeing my talk entitled “Diving in semi-aquatic Anolis lizards results in heat loss with sex-specific cooling tolerance”

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Friends don't let friends make bad graphs repo has been updated! Friends don't let friends use boxplot for binomial (bimodal) data. Is your box plot hiding something from you? #DataVisualization github.com/cxli233/Frie...

submitted 162 days ago • 11 comments

Brown University transferred a portion of its land to a trust controlled by the Pokanoket Indian Tribe. The land was the home of the historical tribal leader Metacom or King Philip and is also the site of his violent death in 1676. apnews.com/article/trib...

submitted 162 days ago • 0 comments

Dreams do come true! The reinstatement of the #iucnssc Anoline Lizard Specialist Group is a reality: iucn.org/our-union/co... @annainthefield.bsky.social @jhancsalazar.bsky.social @protectspecies.bsky.social #WeLoveAnoles

submitted 162 days ago • 1 comment

CNN convened a panel of transgender youth to get their thoughts on the Supreme Court and the 2024 election. 10-year-old Violet: "My self is not an opinion. It is a fact."

submitted 166 days ago • 252 comments

It's finally done! This starter pack now has 150 herpetologists and herpetology enthusiast. go.bsky.app/J9rMFXE #herpetology #frogs #reptiles 🐸 🦎🐊🐍🐢

submitted 167 days ago • 9 comments

An excellent thread on content scraping accounts & why they're lousy. They post uncredited photos of cats or birds or landscapes & rack up followers for nefarious purposes. You can block them all with this great list! (Hit subscribe at the top & choose Mute or Block) bsky.app/profile/cont...

submitted 165 days ago • 5 comments

My favourite Bluesky 🦋 feature is the "Hide reply for everyone" It's like when you're having a nice chat in the pub and an obnoxious drunk butts in. With this, you can make them instantly disappear 💨 (click on the three dots on a reply to see this option)

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What does sexual size dimorphism (SSD) mean in terms of combat performance differences between the sexes? We explored this question looking at bite force in Anolis lizards in this new @jevbio.bsky.social paper: academic.oup.com/jeb/advance-...

submitted 169 days ago • 1 comment

No. What happens in Doñana DOES NOT STAY in Doñana. After more than two years of work, we’ve published an article demonstrating that the poor condition of Doñana negatively affects waterbirds across the ENTIRE continent! Thread below! 🧵 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

submitted 169 days ago • 4 comments

"Authoritative tips for manuscript preparation" #Matter Edward Sargent shares ten tips on writing successful research articles. Open Access www.cell.com/matter/fullt...

submitted 169 days ago • 0 comments

Poor girl should be in retirement but knows her species is counting on her 😩

submitted 168 days ago • 1 comment

Just a few backyard #birbs. They're so expressive. #Birds #Birding

submitted 169 days ago • 0 comments

Just to give everyone a reminder: you should never have to get a loan for a graduate program in ecology, evolution, & organismal biology. #🧪

submitted 169 days ago • 4 comments

In an effort to attract followers We share this article and #IndigenousSTEAM #IndigenousSTEM #NativeAmerican #AmericanIndian #LatinAmerica #Hawaii #Polynesia #Pasifika #Maori #Australia #Indigenous #FirstNations #IPLCs www.illumina.com/company/news...

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